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Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2017 00:54:21 +0300
From: Alexander Popov <alex.popov@...ux.com>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
PaX Team <pageexec@...email.hu>, Brad Spengler <spender@...ecurity.net>,
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Tycho Andersen <tycho@...ho.ws>, Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com>,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
x86@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC v6 1/6] x86/entry: Add STACKLEAK erasing the kernel
stack at the end of syscalls
Hello Peter,
On 08.12.2017 14:44, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 06, 2017 at 02:33:42AM +0300, Alexander Popov wrote:
>> The STACKLEAK feature erases the kernel stack before returning from
>> syscalls. That reduces the information which kernel stack leak bugs can
>> reveal and blocks some uninitialized stack variable attacks. Moreover,
>> STACKLEAK provides runtime checks for kernel stack overflow detection.
>>
>> This commit introduces the architecture-specific code filling the used
>> part of the kernel stack with a poison value before returning to the
>> userspace. Full STACKLEAK feature also contains the gcc plugin which
>> comes in a separate commit.
>
> Have you looked at the entry rework in this series:
>
> https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20171204140706.296109558@linutronix.de
Thanks for the link. I briefly looked through WIP.x86/pti branch. Should I
rebase STACKLEAK patch series onto it?
Although I don't fully understand some of the commits, I can suppose that
STACKLEAK stack erasing must be modified because of this trampoline stack
introduction:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git/commit/?h=WIP.x86/pti&id=813b4125a835f2eb9aa6fb08dac0bc8eeadd69a1
Am I right? Are there other changes which I should consider?
May I also ask for your feedback on this version of the STACKLEAK patch series?
Thanks!
Best regards,
Alexander
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